Calendar.



Famed June 4, 1918.

-T- H. TAMMEN.

. CALENDAR. APPLICATION FILED sEPT. I8. 191,5.

- Mm TUE TAMME REN KEN TAMMEN, F PARKERSBURG, IOWA.

CALENDAR.

Application led September 18, 1915.

' To @ZZ 107mm t may concern:

Be it known that I, kTAMME RENKEN TAMMEN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Parkersburg, in the county of Butler and Stateof Iowa, have invented an Improvement in Calendars, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention is an improvement in daily calendars of the perpetualtype.

The details of construction, arrangement and operation of partscomposing the calendar are as hereinafter described with reference tothe accompanying drawing, in which:-

Figure 1 is mainly a front elevation of the calendar, a portion beingbroken away and shown in section.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line 2 2 of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a plan View of the chart, which is especially adapted for usein connection with the several other gures.

Fig. 4 is an elevation of the back of the casing of the calendar.

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fio'. 4.

Fig, 6 is an enlarged section on line 6--6 of Fig. 4. Y

In the drawing, more particularly in Figs. 1, 2, 4, the numeral 10indicates the base of the calendar, to which is secured a casingpreferably of rectangular formation, and opening inwardly toward saidbase, access being had to the interior of the casing through a door 12formed in the base 10. The front of the casing 11 is provided with alarge sight opening 13, through which the chart 15 is visible.

A horizontally adjustable frame 16-see Fig. .1 -is mounted in the casing11 and comprises vertical side members 17 con nected by a laterallyextending horizontal cross piece 18. A mat 19 is secured medially of itslongitudinal edges to the cross piece 18 and is adapted to have thechart 15 interposed between it and the front of the casing. The upperand lower ends of the side members 17 have secured thereto smallmetallic substantially U-shaped bearing members 20, the upper membershaving mounted therebetween a roller 21 while the lower members havejournaled therein the rollers 22 and 23, the latter being arrangedadjacent the lower edge of the mat 19. The chart 15 is originally woundupon the upper roller 21 and passes between the mat 19 Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented J une 4, 1918. Serial No. 51,485.

and the front of the casing, over the roller u tension 24 which isadapted to be projected` through an opening 25 in the casing 11 byadjusting the frame 16 toward the left as shown in Fig. 4. A handle maythen be mounted upon said end 24 and the chart rewound upon the roller.

Means are provided for retaining the frame 16 in proper position whenoperating the chart and guiding said frame 16 in the casing 11 andincludes a rod 26 extending longitudinally along the bottom of thecasing and through a notch 27 formed in the lower end of the adjacentside member 17 of the frame 16, the ends of said rod being mounted inthe walls of the casing. It will thus be seen that the frame is securelyretained in its proper position within the casing and that the same iseffectively guided in its horizontal movement longitudinally of saidcasing.

As shown in Fig. 1, pockets 40 and 41 are formed in the front of thecasing longitudinally of the top and bottom edges thereof, the pocket 40being of a greater width than the pocket 41 for a purpose which willpresently appear. The top of the casing is provided with a slot 42through which projects a finger grip 43 to the inner end of which issecured a slide 44, as shown in Fig. 1, which has printed' thereonindicia representing the months of the year, the first six months beingarranged above the last sixv months, in order to shorten the length ofthe slide sufficiently to enable the same to be moved back and forthwithin the pocket 40. These indicia are visible through a small opening45 formed in the front and adjacent the top of the casing 11 and theslide is of such a width relative to the width of the pocket 40 as topermit of the same being pushed down or pulled up in order to expose theupper and lower rows of indicia. The bottom of the casing 11 is alsoprovided with a slot 46 similar to the slot 42 and has projectingtherethrough a finger grip 47 to the inner end of which is secured aslide 48 having indicia thereon representing the days of the week, saidindicia being visible through an opening 49' formed in the :front of thecasing.v This slide is also adapted to be moved longitudinally o thepocket 4:1 by means of vhen the calendar is shifted from dayvtr Thecasing 11, is provided with a large sight opening 50-see Fig. 1, throughwhich arev visible, the numerals on the chart 51. The latter as shown inFig. 3 comprises an elongated strip having numerals ranging from 1 to 31indicating the diierent days of the month, and by winding and rewindingthe chart 51 upon the rollers 21 and 22 and shifting the frame 16 in thedirection of .the arrows shown upon said chart, each numeral thereon maybeibrought into register with the sight opening 50.

What is claimed is 1. A calendar comprising a casing having sightopenings therein and pockets eX- tending longitudinally thereof, slides`adjustably mounted in said pockets and containing -indicia representingthe days of the vveekV and months of the year, and a chart for verticaland horizontal adjustment in said casing. f f f 2. A calendar comprisinga casing having sight openings therein and pockets extendinglongitudinally thereof, slides adjustably mounted in said pockets andcontaining indicia representing the days of theweek and months of `theyear, a frame adjustable horizontally in said casing, rollers mountedinsaid frame, and a chart wound upon said rollers.

3. A calendar comprising a casing hav- Copies of this patentamayjheobtained .for

the finger grip 4:7

lng side openings therein and pockets eX- tending longitudinallythereof, slides adjustably mounted in said pockets and containingindicia representing the days of the week and months of the year, one ofsaid "slides being capable of both vertical and longitudinal movement,and a chart for vertical and horizontal adjustment in said casmg.`

4L. In a calendar comprising a casing having. sight openings thereinarranged one above they other, a trame adjustable horizontally in saidcasing and comprising vertical side' members having their ends disyconnected, a horizontalv cross piece journaled to said side membersintermediate the ends thereof, U-shaped bearings fitting over the upperand ,lower ends. of said side members, the lower bearings being providedwith alinednotches yin the bottoms thereof, a guide member in the lowerend of said` casing and engaging in said notches whereby to guide saidframe during its adjustment', an upper roller mounted in said upperbearings, a pair of rollersv mounted vbetween said lower bearings, achart carried by saidv rollers and. containing indicia representing themonths of the years and days ofn themonths and visiblel throughV saidsight openings,

and` a mat Asecured to said cross piece and adjacent said sight openingsand adapted t to have said chart interposed therebetween.

TAMME RENKEN TAMMEN.

Witnesses:

fC. A. WILHELMS, T. FERGUSON, .R. G. RENKEN.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of AIlatents,

Washington, D. C.

